Climate Research update Antarctic conveyor belt revealed in detail Researchers track Antarctic Bottom Water as it speeds northwards Read article: Antarctic conveyor belt revealed in detail
Transport properties Research update Nanotube ‘fuzz’ boosts optical performance Carbon and gold join forces in photonic metamaterial Read article: Nanotube ‘fuzz’ boosts optical performance
Particles and interactions Research update Evidence grows for tetraquarks Re-analysis of 2008 experiment points to four-quark particles Read article: Evidence grows for tetraquarks
Telescopes and space missions Research update Site chosen for European superscope €1bn facility will be built in Cerro Armazones, Chile Read article: Site chosen for European superscope
Planetary science Research update Volcanic hazards could become fiercer and more frequent Melting ice could increase volcanic activity in the 21st century, warn geologists Read article: Volcanic hazards could become fiercer and more frequent
Transport properties Research update Scanning probe makes ‘nano Matterhorn’ New lithography technique could lead to smaller circuits Read article: Scanning probe makes ‘nano Matterhorn’
Particles and interactions Research update Ancient Romans join neutrino hunt Lead from a sunken Roman ship will shield nuclear physics experiment Read article: Ancient Romans join neutrino hunt
Telescopes and space missions Research update First stunning images from NASA’s Sun gazer Solar Dynamics Observatory reveals Sun's surface in multicolour Read article: First stunning images from NASA’s Sun gazer
Quantum optics Research update Single atoms go transparent EIT seen in single atoms, real and artificial Read article: Single atoms go transparent
Planetary science Research update Dwarf planets are not space potatoes A lower limit on the size of dwarf planets Read article: Dwarf planets are not space potatoes
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